'We’re first-time buyers and we got £2,000 for free towards our £165,000 first home – how you can too'
We also looked at reducing some of our bills, including my car finance and our phone bills.We also swapped our phone contracts for pay as you go SIMs, saving us about £50 a month.
It was tricky having to turn down fun activities, but we knew that it was a sacrifice that we needed to make. To save cash, I took out a welcome subscription with Gusto and got 60% off for being a new customer. I then got 25% off my second month. I went between the two subscription services for around six months, saving around £720 on the cost of food.I bought everything in stages so that we we weren't faced with a big extra cost at the end of the process.Our bed was from Sam's parents and we got a dining table and chairs from his auntie.
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